Lil Hines puts emotion into music; calls out fakers with remix of single ‘A Few’

RICEBORO, GA – When Lil Hines was growing up, he had an
older brother named Travis who loved old-school rappers. By the age of 10, Lil
Hines was listening to the likes of JT Money, Trick Daddy, Outkast, UGK, Goodie
Mob and Scarface. Their rapping would influence his tastes, and by the time he
was in high school he was listening to Cash Money Hot Boyz, Master P and 8 Ball
MJG.

All of those rappers influenced his style and unique flow –
something that fans all throughout the Atlanta, Georgia region are discovering
with the release of his single “A Few Remix (feat. Nino Brown).”

The single is one that Lil Hines describes as a “street
anthem with a message that has a catchy club-banger” kind of vibe. It’s a song
that he said explores the idea of people who hang around you just to eat the
table scraps of your success.

“It’s about people you can’t mess with or vibe with,” he
said. “I like to keep my circles small. There aren’t too many people outside my
circle I can trust. I mess with a few people. This song is about those people
who come up to you with a smile on their face but then go talk behind your
back. They’re only with you because of what they can get out of it, and they’re
not there for you. There’s a line in the song that says, ‘There’s only 1 percent
I mess with, the other 99 percent is fake.’ That’s words to live by and apply
to your everyday life.”

Lil Hines said his songs tend to be a reflection of how he’s
feeling in the moment, and the message behind his lyrics are almost always a
challenge for listeners to stay true to whatever it is that makes them unique.

“That’s what I try to do,” he said. “I want to stay true to
myself. I was taught at a young age that whatever you do, do it to the best of
my ability. I don’t force something or make something up that I haven’t done. I
don’t fake it. I’m not a fraud. My lyrics talk about the things that I’ve done,
the things I’ve experienced, or experiences of someone that I know.

“I write in the moment,” he continued. “I write what I feel,
and when people hear me I want it to actually stick. At times there will be
messages in there. But I also have party records that you want to turn up and
vibe. Other records are just ride-in-your-car and chill to. Most of the time my
music is just something that when you hear it, it’s something you feel. That’s
what I want my music to be – something where you feel what I’m saying and can
relate to it.”